Mixer head



July 28, 1931.a `A; R, HAYSEL 1,816,528

MIXER HEAD Filed Sept. 28, 1927 /Nvf/VTOR Arf/wf A7. Hayse/ A TTORNE YJ Patented July 28, 1931 y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE) ff A .Al/.DEUR 1i HAYSEL, OE Los ANGELEs,`

CALIEOENTA, ASsTGNoR OE EoETY-NINEV ONEJIUNDBEDTHS To CHARLES THoMPsoN AND GEORGE K. THOMPSON, co- ;AETNEES IN TEADE, DOING EUSINESs UNDER THE ErEM NAME ,AND 'sTYE-E OE CEAS. a GEO. x. THOMPSON, or Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA MIXER HEAD Application led September28, 1927. Serial No. 222,622.

Although my present invention is referred to as relating'to meansfor and the method of treating oils, it maybe Stated at the outset that the means and methods herein described 5 are capable of agreat variety of uses. My

invention may be regarded as relating somewhat broadly to means vand methods for promoting interaction of fluids, although I herein describe the same with particular ref- 10 erence tothe treatment of oils or oil mixtures. A

It is an object' of this invention to take advantage of various physical'laws, including laws which govern turbulent flow and 16 the Arelationship of velocity to pressure, in

promoting interaction of fluids; and advantageous embodiments ofmy invention may comprise lmeans and methods effective not onl to produce fine initial subdivision and 0 tur ulent flow but to maintain such turbulent How for a suitable interval of time.

It is an object of my invention to provide means and methods for expediting the attainment of equilibrium between interacting fluids, such as oils and steam (or water, or'an acid, or an alkaline solution, or agas, or hot or cold air) in which a iuid of a less density and greater fluidity may be used to reduce somechange in thel purity or compoj sition of a heavierv fluid;` and, for the pur- PQSe referred to, I may use means andmethods wherein the lighter fluid, preferably pro-j jected. at a high velocity through nozzles efmade to pass at a relatively high pressure and in which one fluid is made to entrain another `flu-id of higher density which passes through one of the other nozzles at a rela-V tively low pressure and which then subjects fecting` an entranment of. one Huid in al1- these fluids so interengaged to a turbulent action. w f

The invention possesses other advantageous features, some of which with the foregoing Will be set forth at length inthe fol-l f lowing description, where I shall outline in full one form of the mechanism and process of myinvention. In the drawings I have shown one embodimentof my invention, but it is to be understood that the scope ofmy invention is to be limited onlyr by` my claims and the prior art. i

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. l is a diagrammaticvertical section showing an advantageous use of my inven tion in connection with a pipe still. y

Fig. 2 is an elevational viewpartly in section of my mixer head.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 3-3 'of Fig. 2 and 4looking in the direc tion as indicated by the arrows.

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Fig, 4 is a perspective view of the baffle i plate within the turbulence chamber of my mixer head. f

s My device comprises ay circular bafie plate l provided with circularly disposed orifices 2. Centrally disposed on thelunderl face of the baffle plate l are a plurality of fanshaped grooves or channels. It Vwill be noted that these. grooves possess a` left handV twist. A

`cylindrical casing 4 providedl with anA outwardly extending flange 5 engages the member l through the medium of a suitable gasket 6.y Integral with and extending upwardly from the lower end of the casing L is an outer nozzle 7. The inner end of; this knozzle is provided with an inwardly extending bead 8. The baffle plate l, casing 4 and nozzle 7 form a turbulence chamber 9. Concentrically disposed abo-utfthe casing t and in spaced relation therewith is an outer` cylindrical casing 1l provided with a'ilanged inn take 13. This casing 11 engagesjthe out'- wardly extending flange 5 of the casing through a suitable gasket'l Y The lower,e nd of the casingll is closed by a head 1,4 anda gasket lO and is provided with a flanged ntake l5. Integral with the head I4 is` anin? wardly extending nozzle 16. i This nozzle` 16 is telescoped withinand Vspaced `from the noz;v

Yis provided with upper and lower flangesV 19 and 21 which are rnotched as at 22. The members 17, 1, 4, 11 and 14 are detachably securedy by means of bolts 23 which passy through suitable openings in the periphery of the inembers'17, 1, il, and 14 and through the notches 22 in the flanges 19 and 21.-

In Figure 1 my device has been indicated generally as H and shows one advantageousl use towhich it can be put.

The operation' of my device is as follows:

` A light fluid isV introduced into the inlet 15 is substantially y division.

at a relatively high pressure, say about pounds. Therifling in the nozzle imparts a vortical motion to the fluid and gives its outer surface a corrugated form. It will be seen that the outer surface of the fluid, due to its vortical. and helical path has an actual velocity farin excess `of its vertical component along the axis ofthe mixer head, and in passing the bead Son the nozzle 7 creates an area of low pressure or a vacuum in the space between the two telescopednozzles.V A

. second fluid of greater density is introduced through the inlet 13 at a relatively low pressure, say 40 pounds. This heavier fluid due to the'low pressure existing within the space between the nozzles 7y and 16 is forced through this space and is entrained in the vortically moving corrugated surface of the Y lighter fluid. The fluids so interengaged impinge upon'the channeled surface of the baffle platev 1.` During the interval oftravel be`V tween the nozzles andthe baffle plate 1, there has been relativemotion betweenv the two fluids, causing their inter-action and .sub-V On impinging against the baffle plate- 1, due to the direction of twist vof the grooved rchannels 3, the fluids are furtherV subdivided and mixed, and are deflected ywith an increased vortical motion. On being de.- fiected ,from the baffle plate 1, the inter-r engaged fluids are subjected to a turbulent action in the turbulence chamber 9 and follow the path as indicatedV by the arrows in Fig. 2.. It will be noted that the path of the fluids crosses itself before reaching the circularly disposedV orifices 2. On passing through the orifices 2,'the fluids yare subjected to a still` further subdivision so that by the time that the fluids have reached the outlet head 17, each fluid has beencompletely dispersed and intimately mixed with the other whereby the character of the mixture homogenous. Iclaim: Y`

1. A mixer head comprising a turbulence chamber; a plurality of spaced telescoped intake nozzles inl communication with said chamber, one of which is rifled; an apertured channeled baflle plate in ali'nement with said nozzles; and a funnel shaped exit head.

2. A mixer lieadzcomprising means for imparting a vortical motion and a corrugated surface to a jetof fluid; a second means for causingasecond fluid to be entrained iii-theY corrugated surfaceof said jet, 'andfurther means for subjecting the fluids so entrained to a turbulent action. .3. A mixer head comprising a cylindrical casing; an axially disposed'inlet opening; an

axially disposed outlet opening; a rifled nozzle extending from said inlet opening;`a second nozzle concentricallydisposedabout 'said first nozzle having communication with a seo,-n ond inlet opening; and an apertured grooved baffle plate in alinement. lwith' said nozzles.

4. A mixer headcomprising a casing provided. with two inlet Yopenings and an outlet` opening; means for imparting a vorticalmotion'to anenteiing fluid andfor causing a second fluid to be entrained by saidy first fluid; a' channeled baffle plate for helically. Vde ifleting the fluids so interengaged; and Vmeans for effecting a turbulent action` withinthe deflected fluid. l a' 5. The process of intimately mixingl'two fluids consisting of VVimparting.V an advancing vortical motion of relativelyvhi'gh velocity to one of them; of corrugating its'surface; i

fluids consisting of imparting an advancing l vortical motion vof relatively high velocity to one of them; of giving a corrugated surface to this-advancing fluid; of imparting a relatively low'velocity-to theother of said fluids; of causing this second fluid tobe entrained in the folds ofthe corrugateds'urface of said first fluid; and in then subjecting these inter#y engaged fluids to an extended turbulent ac' tion. f Y- i y7. A mixer head comprisingfa rifled nozzle for impartingpa vortical motion toa jet of fluid, a second nozzle for directinga second fluid into saidjet and yan inwardly extendingbead on said second nozzle for creating an area of low pressureaboutjsaid jet,

8. A mixer head comprising 4means for im'-A parting a vortical motion to a' jetof fluid, a nozzle for directingV a second fluid into said jet, and anA inwardly extending Ybead on said area of low pressure comprising a chamber, a

directing a second fluid into said vortically moving jet, and a baille plate in' alignment with said nozzles for deflecting said fluids about said chamber with an increased vertical f motion. l0. The process of intimately mixing two iiuids consisting of impartin lan advancing vertical motion of relatively igh velocity to one of the fluids; of corrugating the surface of said fluid, of causing the other of the fluids to be entrained in the folds of said corrugations, of imparting an increased vortical mtion to the entrained fluids and in then subjecting the entrained uids to an extended turbulent action. Y In testimony whereof, I have hereunto se my hand.

ARTHUR R. HAYSEL. 

